Erti Kepimpinan - The True Meaning of Leadership

ERTI KEPIMPINAN

Almarhum nenda saya selalu berpesan, sifat kepimpinan yang paling agung adalah integriti. Malang sekali, dalam dunia masa kini, sifat ini semakin sukar dijumpai.

Baginda juga berpesan bahawa seorang pemimpin yang pengecut merupakan manusia yang paling bahaya sekali, dan salah satu ujian dalam kepimpinan adalah untuk mengenalpasti sesuatu masalah sebelum ianya menjadi darurat. Baginda juga mendidik saya bahawa pemimpin yang hebat memperoleh kekuatan untuk mencapai visinya daripada semangat yang kental dan bukannya daripada jawatan atau kedudukannya.

Nasihat saya kepada semua pemimpin dalam setiap sektor kerajaan, NGO dan organisasi di Johor adalah supaya memberikan inspirasi dan memimpin segenap lapisan rakyat. Jangan cuba memanipulasi dan menguruskan orang. Inventori barangan boleh diuruskan, tetapi rakyat harus dipimpin melalui tauladan dan dengan berintegriti.

Ingatlah bahawa kunci kepimpinan yang cemerlang pada hari ini adalah dengan mempunyai pengaruh, bukannya dengan menunjukkan kuasa. Tiada maknanya jika anda mempunyai kuasa tetapi tidak mampu mempengaruhi rakyat secara positif. Sekiranya anda mempunyai kuasa tetapi tidak mampu mempengaruhi rakyat secara positif, itu petanda yang anda tidak layak menjadi seorang pemimpin.

Nampaknya apa yang saya katakan sering membuatkan ramai orang melenting. Oleh itu, saya hanya bercakap dalam konteks Negeri Johor yang dekat di hati saya.

Akhir kata, saya bersyukur kerana telah dibesarkan dan dididik oleh dua pemimpin yang unggul, iaitu Almarhum Sultan Iskandar dan DYMM Sultan Ibrahim. Ayahanda saya, Raja saya.

DYAM Brigadier Jeneral Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim, Tunku Mahkota Johor

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THE TRUE MEANING OF LEADERSHIP

My grandfather the late Sultan Iskandar used to say, the supreme quality of leadership is integrity. Unfortunately in today's world, there is not much of this quality to be found.

He also said that a cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men, and that one of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. He also taught me that great leaders musters the courage to fulfil his vision from passion, not position.

My advice to the leaders in every sector of government, NGOs and organizations in Johor is to lead and inspire the people. Do not try to manage and manipulate people. Inventories can be managed, but people must be lead by example and with integrity.

Remember that the key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. There is no point having authority if you cannot influence the people. If you have authority but command no influence, it is a sign that you are not worthy of being a leader.

It seems that things I say usually ruffle more than a few feathers, so I say in the context of Johor, which is close to my heart.

Last but not least, I am blessed to have been raised and taught by two great leaders, which is the late Sultan Iskandar, and Sultan Ibrahim. My father, my King.

HRH Brigadier General Tunku Ismail Ibni Sultan Ibrahim, The Crown Prince of Johor

Note: This pertinent and timely message from the Crown Prince was posted on the JOHOR Southern Tiger's Facebook page.  

5-day poll says a little

Its a tiny little poll voted by a mere 521 but the outcome appears overwhelming on its own. A 95% rate of disapproval, even among ten heads, must certainly be a cause for concern. 

But I think such polls won't do a dent to the power of those in power today. They shall ignore all such serious signals and continue making promises and whip up sentiments when everything else seems impotent. 

Spin even when its out of control. Don't even hesitate to tell lies and/or threaten those who call the bluffs. 

Dismiss this as 'just a 5-day poll'.  

 We shall wait for the elections, whichever comes first.

Beginning of the end

Remember! Leadership is about leading. When you can't lead, the best thing to do would be to leave before people on this side of the plank start leaving. 

One guy is already leaving (in the visual above). You better take note of the situation and do something real so the others don't follow suit. If you continue to live in denial, the rest will surely leave. That's for sure. 

Plus the weight of the rostrum, you will fall even before the last few decides to dump you. 

You may get your advisors and apple-polishers to stand by your side, but that would add on the weight and make you fall sooner than later. 

This is a reminder. Think about it. You may want to continue to live in denial based on the theories and justifications presented by your able advisors and assistants. That's purely your choice. 

The fact of the matter is that people have lost any little hope that they had in you when you started telling lies. Don't even attempt to fool the people with more cash and goodies, it simply doesn't work. 

Trust me, even people in the flood-stricken interiors of the peninsula could call your bluff. 

The charade in your own grouping have started rolling out too, indicating a serious tussle for power. Lieutenants realise that your days are numbered so they're jostling for seats.

While your position is precarious, your so called political operatives are busy creating more enemies from personalities who used to be your mentor and friends. 

Your operatives are nothing but the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing. They only remain relevant when there is conflict and as long as you are weak, thus the 'game' to keep you dependent on their black ops. Its actually a scam. A recent episode should remind you of this situation.     

To me, this is the beginning of the end.  Your time is coming to an end. It may be bitter but that is the fact of the matter. 

If you don't trust what I say, go look for another shaman.

Adios!

p/s You may opt to unleash your cyberdogs to character assassinate me again but I really don't care. This is not about you or me. This is about my country.

Yes we are strong BN supporters, but ...

                      

Yes we are strong, loyal supporters of the Government, the 14-party Barisan Nasional coalition government. 

We support the BN that represents each and every ethnic group in our diverse multiracial/multi-religious society.

Our parents and grandparents were staunch supporters and members of the Perikatan/BN. We continue to support the BN, although some of us are not members of any political party, because the time-tested BN has been serving our people relatively well… at least until recently.

In the last decade or so, the BN that we are/were familiar with has been turning to be very unfamiliar. The ‘government’ that we knew and supported is fast becoming very alien to us.

Frankly an increasing number of BN loyalists are disenchanted with the coalition and the number is growing by the day. This is a fact.

It’s no more about winning over those who dumped the BN and voted for the Opposition parties in the last General Election. Now it is about how you contain BN members and supporters from drifting away.

The increasingly disenchanted members and supporters may not be joining any of the Opposition parties but they are certainly moving away from the BN.

The BN, or rather the BN leadership today has become so alien and detached from the rakyat. The leadership of today appears to be a populist leadership that is blinded by artificial “reality show” kind of euphoria.

Some from the top may jump down Menara Dato Onn in their boxers if Twitter and Facebook promised live coverage of the dare-devil event.

If they survive the fall, they might ‘Like’ that event on Facebook and boast about it in their blogs while their cyber-warriors flood our Twitter timeline.

Are we, or is the BN cursed with a set of incompetent, desperate but well-connected and well-fed leaders who are slowly killing the goose that has been laying the golden eggs for this country and her people all these years?

It is becoming increasingly untenable to support a Government that appears to be doing everything that we feared the ‘political monster’ would have done had he been crowned the PM in 1998.

Probably the apple-polishing advisors and million dollar consultants wouldn’t warn their client about such a scenario but this is the fact of the matter that is overwhelming the ground.

More often than not the government and its leaders appear to be bending over backwards to please their international rating agencies, the World Bank and the IMF. Doesn’t this ring a bell?

Now we have the top leaders happily announcing to their party members that the international rating agencies are happy with Malaysia because we cut our subsidies drastically (and make our people suffer). Again, doesn’t this ring a bell?

Many of us have been standing against a monster since 1998 because of his alternative sexual preferences and his subservience to the western powers, namely the US and its international tools like the World Bank, IMF and such, rating agencies included.

We feared that the monster, which has since been proven to be bisexual, would grab hold of the leadership and drag us into the dungeons and earn God’s wrath along the way.

We feared the monster that practiced ‘Seks Luar Tabii’ would be the PM. We rightly stopped it. But now we have one too many of such kinds in the corridors of power.

An explosive affidavit surfaced a couple of months ago.  It is a real affidavit and has been filed in a court of law. It is about the same ‘Seks Luar Tabii’ or Unnatural Sex and it involves an individual who is said to be up, close and personal with the leader and his flock of sheep.

Has the leader taken any action to distance himself from this ‘Seks Luar Tabii’ syndicate around him or is he angry that the dirty secrets of his close confidantes are being exposed?

Please make your stand known so we could take our stand. Do you subscribe/support or condone the freedom to practice ‘Seks Luar Tabii’? Just make an official statement and we will take note.

We are indeed in a dilemma because the DAP-led Opposition is certainly worse and shameless than the BN.

Just look at how Lim Guan Eng spins his way out of the ‘new Mercedes Benz’ hypocrisy with a straight face without any sense of shame or guilt. When DAP does it, it must be right; that is their religion and their followers buy it lock, stock and barrel. That is the Opposition’s ability to fool you, while grabbing your votes. 

Ok, enough for the day. I will save the abuse, lust, desire, arrogance and excesses for another day.

Where do we go now?

Leadership